PARENT-TECHNOLOGY

CONNECTION
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
8:45 - 9:45

AGENDA
Introduction - Bruce and Kris"
Technology overview through the grade levels"
Tools available"
Activity examples"
Managing technology as a parent at ASW"
Blogs - teacher and specialists"
Commenting on blogs"
Google Docs and Forms"
PowerSchool

DATES
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

TOOLS AVAILABLE
PK - 4 iPads in each classroom"
K - 6 iPads in each classroom"
G1 - 10 iPads in each classroom"
G2 - 5 iPads and 5 MacBook Airs"
G3 and 4 - 1 to 1 - MacBook Airs"
G5 - 1 to 1 - MacBook Airs/take home"
One class set of iPads for G3 - G5"
Subscriptions across the grades

SAMPLE STUDENT ACTIVITIES

PK/K - taking images and creating topic collages"
G1 - digital stories, literacy and math apps, documenting learning"
G2 - monster project, keyboarding introduction, reading and writing
voicethreads, "
G3 - keyboarding, blogs, Explain Everything, fluency videos"
G4 - keyboarding, blogs, Explain Everything, green screen videos, google
docs for collaborating"
G5 - digital citizenship presentations, keyboarding, interactive
presentations

DIGITAL LITERACY TOPICS

Staying safe online"
Researching tools and sites"
Evaluating online resources"
Searching strategies"
Reading online text"
Communicating eectively

PARENT TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

Accessing teacher and specialist blogs"
Commenting on teacher blogs "
Google Docs and Forms"
PowerSchool